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Man Quotes by Thomas Wolfe
- A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing.
- Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.
- ...he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he had left, yet does not say 'The town is near,' but…
- Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in the…
- [T]he essence of belief is doubt, the essence of reality is questioning. The essence of Time is Flow, not Fix. The essence of faith is…
- There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was like a tiny…
- If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses…
- So, then, to every man his chance - to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity - to every man the right…
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- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle